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 Public service trade unions have given the government until Wednesday to improve its wage offer for public servants. The parties are currently deadlocked after both Cosatu unions and the Independent Labour Caucus rejected government's

The South African Human Rights Commission will investigate scholar transport in the Eastern Cape. This, after it agreed that the complaint laid by Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko, fell within the mandate of the Human

East London police have appealed for help in tracking the gunmen who shot and killed a former attorney in Amalinda. Police have yet to identify the man who was believed to have been employed by the provincial administration in Bhisho. Police

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's safety and security directorate has set a target of 10 traffic fines being issued a day by each traffic officer and to increase revenue collected from traffic fines by 60%. The target is listed as of one of

The department of basic education has been taken to court to compel it to allocate teachers to schools in the Eastern Cape. The Legal Resources Centre in Grahamstown says papers were filed last week. The action is being brought on behalf of

Well known Grahamstown businessman Jayantylal Naran has died in a fire that swept through his New Street home. Police spokesperson, captain Mali Govender, says 72 year old was the only victim of the blaze which gutted his more than 100 year old

Jean de Villiers will become the 54th Springbok captain after he was named to lead the Boks in the Castle Incoming Tour against England, which starts on Saturday. The announcement was made on Monday in Durban, where the Springboks are preparing

The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa has released new vehicle sales statistics for the month of May which show strong gains compared to the corresponding month last year. Aggregate Industry sales improved by 8

One of the oldest homes in Grahamstown burnt to the ground on Monday morning. Police Captain Mali Govender says the fire in the house in New Street started just before 6am. Its not clear at this stage if anyone died in the blaze